Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers · Alabama

Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc.

Birmingham, AL · ~82 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 140% of Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. safety composite

Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−6.2

2020→2024

Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 6.2 from 7.0 in 2020 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.0 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424480 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 140% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK P76
  • PHOTO Citrus Plus Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Citrus Plus Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (140% of the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. TCR series: 2020=7 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. falls in its industry

369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. (82 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc.
Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. (82 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Alex Kontos Fruit Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2023 5.4 1.4 4 0 0
2022 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2020 7.0 4.6 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424480 · AL · Birmingham

369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Citrus Plus Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7175_16274 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DMFP- SFS 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DiMare Fresh Houston 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henagar Hatchery 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE C-Sharpe Company 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE HP2 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baron Weather, Inc. 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR USD 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLASSIC FOODS 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR BIRMINGHAM PACKERS 8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR Syracuse Terminal 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Flying Food Fare 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Allegiance Hospice Care of Central Louisiana, LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR L&M Fleet Supply Bemidji 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lafayette Medical Investors LP 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Babbitting Services Inc 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE K & E Flatwork LLC 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE FarmChem Corp 82 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.